Executions in December 2015

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

 

America (USA)

1

Bangladesh

 

Belarus

 

Botswana

 

Chad

 

China

1

Egypt

 

Indonesia

 

Iran

55

India

 

Japan

2

Kurdistan

 

Pakistan

30

Palestine (Gaza)

 

Saudi Arabia

5

Singapore

 

Somalia

 

UAE

 

Vietnam

 

Yemen

 

93 men and 1 woman were executed in December, their details are as under.

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

02/12

Pakistan

Maulvi Abdus Salam, Hazrat Ali, Mujeebur Rehman and Sabeel

Hanging

Terrorism

02/12

Iran

5 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

06/12

Iran

Mohsen Piri, Mohsen Gomshadzehi and Aziz Sarani

Hanging

Murder

06/12

Iran

Hossein Naybandani

Hanging

Drugs

07/12

Iran

F. Znjanyan (f)

Hanging

Murder

07/12

Iran

A. B.

Hanging

Murder

07/12

Saudi Arabia

Hawas al-Shammry

Beheading (p)

Murder

08/12

Saudi Arabia

Khan Iqbal
Haydar al-Ridwan

Beheading (p)

Drugs
Murder

09/12

America - Georgia

Brian Keith Terrell

Injection

Murder

09/12

Pakistan

Pervez Khan & Rustam

Hanging

Murder

11/12

Pakistan

Muhammad Akram Rahi

Hanging

Murder

11/12

Iran

M. Kh.

Hanging (p)

Rape

11/12

China

Lin Senhao

Injection

Murder

12/12

Pakistan

Zafar Iqbal and Khalid

Hanging

Murder

14/12

Iran

Milad Khodavardi

Hanging (p)

Murder

15/12

Pakistan

Manzoor Hussain, Muhammad Tahir, Aziz-ur-Rehman, Akhtar Ali, Zahid, Muhammad Iqbal, Muhammad Nadeem, Mukhtar Ahmed, Abdul Waheed, Azam and Iftekhar (11 men)

Hanging

Murder

15/12

Saudi Arabia

Sultan al-Dosari

Beheading (p)

Murder

16/12

Pakistan

Mushtaq Ahmad, Liaqat Hussain and Muhammad Ishaq

Hanging

Murder

16/12

Iran

Mehdi Salahshour, Massoud Ostadkarim, Shamsoldin Avorjzadeh and Morteza Ganjineyi

Hanging

Murder

18/12

Japan

Sumitoshi Tsuda &
Kazuyuki Wakabayashi

Hanging

Murder

19/12

Pakistan

Zahoor Ahmad & Makhdum

Hanging

Murder

20/12

Iran

Mojtaba R. & Nemat G.

Hanging (p)

Armed robbery

20/12

Iran

5 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

21/12

Iran

Abbas A. & A. Fallah

Hanging

Murder

23/12

Iran

M.Rahnama, M. Faryab, Haj Rafiee, A. Bagharzadeh, B. Chekanloo, S. Kalhor, A. Habibzadeh, & Gh. Moradi
(8 men)

Hanging

Drugs

23/12

Pakistan

Abdul Majid

Hanging

Murder

23/12

Iran

Mehdi Khorram and
Ebrahim Khorram

Hanging

Drugs

23/12

Iran

A. Fallah

Hanging

Murder

24/12

Iran

Sajjad H., Ali B., Maher B., Habib M., Hossein A., Vahid A., Rahim K.M. + 1 unnamed man (8 men)

Hanging

Drugs

26/12

Iran

Behrouz Amiri, Kazemzadeh Rahman and Ali Hasanvand

Hanging

Drugs

29/12

Pakistan

Noor Saeed, Murad Khan, Inayat Ullah and Israr Uddin

Hanging

Terrorism

29/12

Saudi Arabia

Joselito Lidasan Zapanta

Beheading (p)

Murder

31/12

Iran

Amir Ahmadi, Jahangir Saeedi, Javad Rahnama, Reza Mohammadpour, Javad Gharehbaghi, and Hossein Hassanzadeh (6 men)

Hanging

Drugs

(f) = female, (j) = juvenile, (p) = public

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